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03:26 14 february 2018

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Shane Warne is back with Rajasthan Royals ! The former Australia captain, who once led the franchise, will be mentoring RR in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ). Warne had led Rajasthan Royals to their maiden IPL title in the inaugural season of the T20 league

Warne will link up with Australian skipper Steve Smith and English all-rounder Ben Stokes, with the pair to headline Rajasthan’s playing roster.

“I am very happy and excited to be back with the Rajasthan Royals, who I believe hold a very special place in my cricketing journey,” Warne told the Royals website.

“I am overwhelmed by the love and affection showered on me by the franchise and fans of Rajasthan Royals. We have a strong, young and energetic bunch of boys, and I am looking forward to work with them.”

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Shane Warne was captain of Rajasthan Royals when they won the IPL in 2008.

Shane Warne announced his appointment as the team mentor for Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals for the 11th edition of the tournament. The 48-year old also posted a video along with the announcement where he spoke about his memories with the IPL team . “Hello guys.

Warne played 52 matches for Rajasthan in the first four years of the IPL, taking 52 wickets and leading the side to victory over Chennai Super Kings in the 2008 final.

The leg-spinner says he’s looking forward to working with the squad, with Smith and Stokes to be joined by Australian opening batsman D’Arcy Short, as well as BBL stars Jofra Archer and Ben Laughlin.

“The guys have done a wonderful job at getting the squad together. So many talented Indian, international, senior and young players they always support,” said Warne.

“It really is a wonderful squad and I think it can achieve some special things in 2018.”

The Royals are making their return to the IPL this year, after being banned for two years following an investigation into illegal betting and match fixing.

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The notorious send-off

Warne showed his hot-headed side with an animated, expletive-ridden send-off to South Africa’s Andrew Hudson in 1994 after bowling him during the first Test in Johannesburg, and it took Ian Healy’s mediation to stop him. The leg-spinner, who was booed for the remaining day by the 40,000-odd spectators, later expressed regret over the incident in his autobiography “Shane Warne: My Own Story.”

The bookie connection

On their 1994 tour of Sri Lanka, Warne, along with teammate Mark Waugh, were found guilty of divulging pitch and weather information to an Indian bookie for money. The duo was fined by Australian Cricket Board in 1995.

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Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne has been appointed as the mentor of Rajasthan Royals for the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League ( IPL ). Warne , while leading the team in its inaugural season, won the title for Royals famously.

Taking on Arjuna Ranatunga

The feud between Warne and the Sri Lankan skipper went as far back as the 1996 World Cup, when Ranatunga not only called him an “average” bowler, but also smashed a six off his ball in the final and stuck out his tongue in mockery. Three years later, just before the 1999 World Cup, Warne wrote a newspaper column saying there is “plenty of animosity” between them. The ICC handed Warne a fine and two-match suspension.

Smoking controversy

In May 1999, Warne was pictured smoking in a Barbados bar while still in contract with a nicotine-substitute manufacturer that had reportedly paid him A$200,000 to kick the butt for good. Next year, Warne gave in to the urge again in New Zealand where two young boys photographed him smoking. Reportedly, Warne demanded the picture from the boys and it took a police intervention to resolve the issue.

Lewd messaging

In 2000, British nurse Donna Wright claimed that the Australia vice-captain had bombarded her with lurid phone calls and voice messages, after they met at a Leicester nightclub. Warne didn’t deny the sensational charge and instead said that Wright initiated the conversations. He lost his vice-captaincy as a result.

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New Delhi: Shane Warne is set to join Rajasthan Royals this year as the mentor . And on Tuesday he confirmed that it would indeed be in the role of mentor for the Royals as he tweeted: “Very excited to be joining the @rajasthanroyals in this years # IPL as team mentor ! http

Doping scandal

Australia and rest of the cricketing world woke up to a rude shock just before the start of the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, when Warne was disqualified from participation, owing to consumption of a banned substance. The leggie admitted he took the “fluid tablet” at the behest of his mother, and without the knowledge of its contents, to get back in shape. He was banned for a year.

(Pictured) Warne arrives to announce that he had tested positive to a banned substance in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Vulgar texting

While he was serving his year-long ban in 2003, a South African mother-of-three, Helen Cohen Alon, accused Warne of bombarding her with vulgar text messages. She claimed she was offered R200,000 to keep quiet by Warne’s associate Gavin Varajes, but was paid only half the amount, following which she went public with the revelations. She was later convicted of extortion and sent to prison for 18 months.

Laura Sayers episode

In June 2005, 25-year-old finance student Laura Sayers claimed Warne begged her for sex, and though unwilling, she gave in due to his persistence. Warne's wife Simone rubbished the story. Five days later, the couple announced their separation.

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Former Australia cricketer and legend, Shane Warne , has confirmed his return to the IPL 2018 franchise, Rajasthan Royals , as it’s mentor ahead of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League . The development has come as a great news for the Rajasthan team

The gifted Warne inspired Rajasthan Royals ’ fairytale title run as captain-cum-coach in the inaugural IPL way back in 2008. “We welcome back Shane Warne as Rajasthan Royals mentor . These qualities have made the Rajasthan Royals one of the most loved teams in India.

More skeletons in the closet

Taking cue from Helen Cohen Alon, Melbourne stripper Angela Gallagher admitted to a racy three-month affair with the spin-king. The 38-year-old mother of two, who had separated from her husband, said she first met Warne at a South Melbourne nightspot, and the leggie told her that he was in an open marriage. Alon, who passed a lie-detector test, claimed Warne badgered her with lurid messages after their relationship ended.

The Kerrie Collimore affair

Three days after Warne and Simone separated, details of another fling emerged. Kerrie Collimore, a 31-year-old mother of three, claimed she met Warne in a Southampton nightclub, and they had a steamy two-month affair. As was the case with his earlier transgressions, Warne told Collimore that he was separated from his wife, and sent a series of explicit messages.

Three’s not a crowd!

In 2006, while Warne was in the middle of an expensive divorce settlement, a British tabloid printed explicit images of him with 25-year-old models Coralie Eichholtz and Emma Kearney in a west London apartment.

Texting troubles

Warne and Simone’s last-ditch effort to revive their marriage received a blow in September 2007, when Warne sent a text message, meant for another woman, to his wife. “Hey beautiful, I’m just talking to my kids, the back door’s open,” wrote Warne in Southampton. “You loser, you sent the message to the wrong person,” replied Simone from Melbourne.

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— Shane Warne (@ ShaneWarne ) February 13, 2018. "I am very happy and excited to be back with the Rajasthan Royals who I believe hold a very special place in my cricketing journey," Warne said about the appointment. CB XI - team of IPL 2018. Brutal Pant - Version 2.0 of Mr. 360.

The legendary leg spinner took the Rajasthan Royals to the first ever IPL title back in 2008. Shane Warne , who took RR to the first ever IPL title, was chosen as the mentor of the franchise and the team boasts of top names like Ben Stokes, Jos Butler and Ajinkya Rahane.

The Liz Hurley affair

Warne and British actress-model Elizabeth Hurley (pictured) met at the Goodwood races in the summer of 2010. By December that year, they were photographed kissing and embracing outside a London restaurant, and Hurley ended her three-year marriage with Indian business tycoon Arun Nayar on Twitter, a day after her images with Warne appeared. The couple got engaged in September 2011, only to part ways in 2013. Reasons of split ranged from conflicting schedules to Hurley’s rapport with her ex Hugh Grant.

The Adele Angeleri dalliance

Around the same time when he was wooing Liz Hurley, Warne reportedly sent around 100 saucy text messages to Adele Angeleri, who worked in a boutique opposite the office of Warne’s charity and had approached him for an advertising request. Angeleri’s lawyer-husband Denis confronted the cricketer on a phone call and on Twitter, before telling a newspaper, “I can tell you that it's hard to be a fan when you see the texts and how he works.”

Showdown with Samuels

A fierce competitor on the field, Warne let the emotions get better of him during a Big Bash League match against Melbourne Renegades in January 2013. Warne, who was leading Melbourne Stars, was not happy with Marlon Samuels, who had tried to stop Stars’ Michael Hussey from taking a run by grabbing his shirt. When Samuels came out to bat, Warne made his displeasure known with a finger-pointing gesture and a tirade that was caught on the mic he was wearing. Next over, he fielded a drive from Samuels and threw the ball that hit latter on the chest. Samuels responded by flinging his bat in Warne’s direction, and it took the intervention of the umpires to douse the situation. Warne was fined and handed a one-match suspension.

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Jibes at Ricky Ponting

In November 2013, Warne took a shot at his former skipper Ricky Ponting, with whom he had a bumpy relationship since 2005. Countering Ponting’s comments on Michael Clarke in the former’s autobiography, the spinner accused the multiple World Cup-winning skipper of jealousy. “But to bring up the stuff about Pup [Clarke], maybe there was a bit of jealousy, because Pup was batting so well and Ricky was not making any runs,” he said.

The Michelle Mone episode

Warne met businesswoman Michelle Mone in 2014, when he was supposedly trying to win back Liz Hurley. As per Mone’s account, published in her 2015 autobiography “My Flight To The Top,” Warne pestered her with typically racy messages for two months, and when the two met in a hotel suite, all he wanted was sex. “I made it clear that I was not that kind of girl. He was a bit too wild for me. Quite frankly, Shane wasted two months of my life,” Mone wrote.

The Tinder date

Less than a year after his split with former Playboy model Emily Scot, details of Warne’s brief affair with Adelaide single mother Kim McGrath emerged. McGrath claimed she met Warne on Tinder, and they went on two dates. While she gushed about the cricketer’s performance in bed, the man himself was not amused. “If someone wants to be silly and go and do something like that, then fine,” he told the Sunday Telegraph few months later.

Unusual painting

In August 2015, Warne gave a sneak peek to a rather unusual painting in his Melbourne house. The artwork, created by Jamie Cooper, has Elvis Presley, J.F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, and a topless Angeline Jolie among a host of celebrities partying by his pool.

Charity no more

In January 2016, Warne announced the shutting down of his charity Shane Warne Foundation, which was battling financial and regulatory problems. The charity was undergoing an independent audit ordered by Consumer Affairs Victoria for failing to furnish sufficient information about its finances.

Criticism of Steve Waugh

Early in 2016, on Channel Ten’s reality show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here,” Warne revealed he still grudges Steve Waugh for dropping him from the fourth Test of the 1999 tour of West Indies, calling him “selfish.” “There's a lot of reasons I don't like Steve Waugh ... (one of them) because he's the most selfish cricketer I've played with," he said.

Simone Toon’s revelations

In March 2016, 24-year-old model Simone Toon admitted to an encounter with Warne in a north-London house, and being pestered with explicit messages and images. Toon claimed to have met the cricketer on a website that matches “sugar daddies” with young women, but was left disappointed after realizing that she was being “used” for sex.

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